New Galleries: Henkei Crystal Convoy and United Ultra Magnus

It was 2006 and we had just witnessed the end of Transformers Cybertron, the final piece of the long running Unicron Trilogy, and we were waiting for Michael Bay's first Transformers movie. We were all excited because we didn't know what the future held, but we were just bursting at the seams. Shortly after the shock and awe of the mention of the upcoming film, we all wondered "Wait, what filler line will take over in Cybertron's place?"

We lovingly call that "filler" line Transformers Classics.

Little did we know, it started a sweeping movement, a rebirth of what had come before. Before we could look to the future, Hasbro went back to the past and brought us these really nice updates of some of our favorite characters/figures. One of those updated characters was Optimus Prime, of course. Who knew eight years later that the Optimus mold would have so many uses? (10 as of right now!)

Which brings us to our newest galleries: Henkei Convoy Clear Version (AKA Crystal Convoy, the former is the official moniker, while the latter came from the fans. I think Crystal fits better) and United Ultra Magnus!

united magnus is bittersweet though. im assuming most people would be buying it for the city commander, but those white legs and silver thighs kinda ruin it. which sucks because hes much nicer than classics UM. s'ok with me though since i have both.

united magnus is bittersweet though. im assuming most people would be buying it for the city commander, but those white legs and silver thighs kinda ruin it. which sucks because hes much nicer than classics UM. s'ok with me though since i have both.

I never had City Commander, and at this point, I wouldn't buy it. The set's somewhat outdated. I have United Magnus for the sole purpose of being White Magnus, and to serve as a nice counterpoint to United Black Optimus.

I'm surprised no one has come up with Nova/Nemesis winged backpacks for either of those guys.

Re: New Galleries: Henkei Crystal Convoy and United Ultra Magnus (1588503)
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on July 7th, 2014 @ 2:08pm CDT

Only have 4 of these myself, would have been 5 if I didn't sell my Classics when I got the Henkei.

But I got both Hasbro and Takara Waspinators with the intent of Frankensteining them into the perfect Waspinator.

i still plan on getting both. are there pics somewhere of someone else piecing together a waspinator already? id like to see that. damn shame takara dropped the ball on these guys though. wonder what they were thinking? i reaaally hope someone does a predacon rhinox, exclusive or otherwise.

Sabrblade wrote:But I got both Hasbro and Takara Waspinators with the intent of Frankensteining them into the perfect Waspinator.

That's exactly what I did. I used the center bits from the Hasbro version and combined them with the Takara version. I then applied some yellow and black paint to it in the appropriate places to replace the gold and give him the extra details/finishing touches such as the black bit in his diamond crest thingy on his head. I also went over his robot head's eyes with a clear metallic blue to give it a more show-accurate color/appearance. I also added in the black stripes on his robot mode head's antennae. He's pretty much spot on perfect now.

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